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title: "Southern White Admiral"
description: "Limenitis reducta — Insects & spiders. Limenitis reducta, the southern white admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southern-white-admiral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern White Admiral

> Limenitis reducta — Insects & spiders. Limenitis reducta, the southern white admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Limenitis reducta*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12391
- Wikidata: [Q541201](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541201)
- iNaturalist taxon: [155030](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155030)

## Names

- en: Southern White Admiral
- de: Blauschwarzer Eisvogel
- es: Ninfa de los Arroyos
- fr: Sylvain azuré
- nl: Blauwe ijsvogelvlinder

## Countries with the most observations

FR (4343), IT (2260), ES (1612), HR (1199), GR (898), TR (251), PT (141), ME (137), IL (124), AL (86), MK (80), BG (78)

## Summary

Limenitis reducta, the southern white admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limenitis_reducta

## Photo

![Southern White Admiral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-white-admiral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Ubović · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294366058

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-white-admiral?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).